Special Issue “Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development (AAISD)”

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general and some of its subfields in particular are being perceived as some of the most promising technologies today. Furthermore, they are being successfully applied to a wide variety of problems in both academia and industry. There has been a constantly growing flow of related research papers, as well as a substantial progress being achieved in real-world, cutting-edge applications.

On the other hand, sustainability has been and still is one of the major concerns at the present time. As a result, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the United Nations Member States as the path to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Urgent action is required to address the global challenges we face, such as environmental issues.

The present Special Issue aims at exploring the synergies of these two fields by studying cases of AI being used for social good and its latest advances. It is open to research papers on practical applications of AI for Sustainable Development, based on empirical experiments. Original contributions, including both data and knowledge-driven AI solutions, are cordially welcome. By means of this Special Issue, some fundamental concepts and associated AI techniques applied for sustainability will be further dealt with and promoted.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2021.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Artificial neural networks (deep and shallow)
• Case-based reasoning
• Evolutionary computing
• Fuzzy computing
• Hybrid intelligent systems
• Image processing Intelligent agents and multiagent systems
• Logics and causal models
• Machine/automated learning
• Metaheuristics
• Natural language processing
• Probabilistic computing
• Reasoning under uncertainty
• Smart planning.

The application fields of interest cover but are not limited to:

• Biodiversity protection
• Climate change
• Desertification and degradation of ecosystems
• Global warming
• Green processes and technologies
• Natural resource management
• Pollution
• Sustainable industrial and energy development
• Disaster risk reduction
• Geosciences
• Clean water and sanitation
• Quality education

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Editors

Dr. Álvaro Herrero
GICAP Research Group, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Dr. Carlos Cambra

GICAP Research Group, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Dr. Carlos Alonso de Armiño

GICAP Research Group, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Dr. Paweł Ksieniewicz

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Dr. Paolo Gastaldo

Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture, DITEN, University of Genoa